Where did the rats of big south cape island come from?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 229-234

  Robins, Judith H ^a,b   Miller, Steven D ^c   Russell, James C ^a,b   Harper, Grant A ^d   Fewster, Rachel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d Biodiversity Restoration Specialists Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Big South Cape Island; Genetics; Haplotypes; mtDNA; Rattus rattus; Rodent invasion; Ship rat; Stewart Island

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RODENT;

BIG SOUTH CAPE ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84954287196     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: 11777788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20417/nzjecol.40.26     Document Type: Article

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